The expectation that modernity would lead to the decline of religion has proven to be a myth. For decades, sociologists like Peter Berger predicted that the advance of science and modernization would ...
Spiritual experiences vary by faith, culture, and the individual. “It was a warm pressure sensation at the base of my spine. It was really pleasant and peaceful. It was unlike anything I’d ever ...
A recent study (Bitēna & Mārtinsone, 2021) argued that mystical experience is a spiritual phenomenon associated with mental health rather than something pathological associated with mental illness ...
Do you remember when you had your first spiritual experience, that moment when you connected to The Divine? Perhaps it was as a child, in play. Perhaps, the first time you sat in meditation or walked ...
"One may say, truly, I think, that personal religious experience has its root and center in mystical states of consciousness." —William James (The Varieties of Religious Experience, 1902) Source: Tim ...
An acquaintance recently told me that she believes “God is punishing me for being mean to my mom.” In the past, she has also questioned why certain things are happening to her because she is going to ...
New research suggests that spiritual practices, independent of religion, may protect against drug and alcohol misuse.
Pundits depend on categorizations, especially in periods of turbulence. We reach for labels like “populist” and “nationalist,” for instance, in order to generalize about the stirrings of millions of ...
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